[MacPorts] #50622: virtualbox: update to 5.1.2

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Sat Oct 6 03:22:03 UTC 2018


#50622: virtualbox: update to 5.1.2
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  Reporter:  1-61803                             |      Owner:  macports-
                                                 |  tickets@…
      Type:  update                              |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal                              |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                               |    Version:
Resolution:                                      |   Keywords:
      Port:  virtualbox virtualbox-extension-    |
  pack virtualbox-guest-additions                |
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Comment (by socratisk):

 @mf2k [[br]]
 I will need some help here to understand what the process/procedure is.
 What I've done is to use the official VirtualBox SVN repository and build
 a VirtualBox app out of it with the help of MacPorts. It's not 100%
 working, in the sense that it's not self-contained (yet, I still haven't
 solved the linking problem with the MacPorts libraries). Which means that
 if you want to run it on a Mac, you ''got to'' have the MacPorts
 installed. Which I guess it wouldn't be a problem, right? ;)

 Somebody over at IRC pointed me to this ticket, and I thought I could
 somehow help, I just need to know ''"how"'' I could do that.

 Now, I don't know what a "pull request" would mean, as I said I'm as n00b
 as they come, trust me. I'll have to hit the books, which is fine by me,
 but a bit slower. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind a ''"take a left
 here, speed bump in 50m"'' instructions and helping hand... ;)

 And I really don't have a clue what "Portfile changes" is...

 BTW, I noticed in your comment, that there are two additional ports
 listed: Extension Pack (ExtPack) and Guest Additions (GAs). I *cannot*
 build the ExtPack, it's closed-source, and I haven't built the GAs (yet,
 but I'm optimistic). Just a binary OSX app, which BTW, is at 5.2.18, not
 5.1.2. I started at 5.1.2, but the current 5.2.18 builds just fine as
 well...


 @kencu [[br]]
 Thanks, appreciated!


 PS. In a n00b mistake, I forgot to turn on Notifications, that's why I
 didn't reply earlier. Issue was addressed.

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